The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 94 129 119
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -10
Contract jobs citing Games 27 9 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.153% 0.284% 0.365%
As % of the General category 2.705% 0.559% 0.857%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 7
Average daily rate £300 - £250
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 - £118
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 - £361
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £263
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £7.50 £67.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -88.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -41.17%
All of the General Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
998 1611 1284
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 42.63% 50.82% 42.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 498 453
Average daily rate £375 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 27 43
Average hourly rate £17.50 £15.59 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.28% -10.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £9.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.50 £51.25 £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Games
South East

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Games across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Berkshire Games Jobs Demand Trend

Games
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Games across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Games across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Games Daily Rate Histogram

Games
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Games across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +22 19 £400 - 4
Maidenhead - 2 £323 -
Slough - 1 £225 - 1
Windsor - - - -
Newbury - - - -
Ascot - - - - 2
Games
South East

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Games also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Games.

1 14 (40.00%) C#
2 13 (37.14%) Visual Studio
3 10 (28.57%) SQL
3 10 (28.57%) SQL Server
4 9 (25.71%) IIS
4 9 (25.71%) HTML
4 9 (25.71%) WCF
4 9 (25.71%) Cloud Computing
4 9 (25.71%) Test Automation
5 8 (22.86%) jQuery
5 8 (22.86%) REST
5 8 (22.86%) Degree
5 8 (22.86%) JavaScript
5 8 (22.86%) C++
5 8 (22.86%) CSS
5 8 (22.86%) Web Services
5 8 (22.86%) Publishing
6 7 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 7 (20.00%) Automated Testing
6 7 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (20.00%) Test Strategy
6 7 (20.00%) Windows Azure
6 7 (20.00%) Load Testing
7 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
7 6 (17.14%) MS Visio
7 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
8 5 (14.29%) Project Management
8 5 (14.29%) ISTQB
8 5 (14.29%) Marketing
8 5 (14.29%) Game Development

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Games also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (25.71%) HTML
1 9 (25.71%) WCF
2 8 (22.86%) jQuery
2 8 (22.86%) REST
2 8 (22.86%) CSS
2 8 (22.86%) Web Services
3 3 (8.571%) COM
4 2 (5.714%) Ajax
5 1 (2.857%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.857%) Flash
5 1 (2.857%) .NET
5 1 (2.857%) XML
5 1 (2.857%) HTML5
5 1 (2.857%) Zend Framework
Application Platforms
1 9 (25.71%) IIS
2 7 (20.00%) Windows Azure
3 4 (11.43%) CMS
4 3 (8.571%) Drupal
5 1 (2.857%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (17.14%) MS Visio
3 4 (11.43%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.857%) MS Office
4 1 (2.857%) Photoshop
4 1 (2.857%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (2.857%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) DHCP
1 1 (2.857%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.857%) DNS
1 1 (2.857%) SAN
1 1 (2.857%) Internet
1 1 (2.857%) LDAP
1 1 (2.857%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.571%) MySQL
3 2 (5.714%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 13 (37.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (22.86%) Publishing
2 5 (14.29%) Marketing
3 2 (5.714%) Finance
4 1 (2.857%) Advertising
4 1 (2.857%) Spanish Language
4 1 (2.857%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (37.14%) Software Engineer
2 12 (34.29%) Software Development Engineer
2 12 (34.29%) Development Engineer
3 8 (22.86%) Project Manager
4 6 (17.14%) Developer
5 3 (8.571%) Test Engineer
5 3 (8.571%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (5.714%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (5.714%) Drupal Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Web Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) PHP MySQL Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Lead .NET Developer
7 1 (2.857%) 3D Software Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) Graduate
7 1 (2.857%) Test Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) .NET Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Games Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Games Programmer
7 1 (2.857%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
3 2 (5.714%) Statistics
3 2 (5.714%) Online Games
3 2 (5.714%) Open Source
3 2 (5.714%) Kinect
4 1 (2.857%) Clustering
4 1 (2.857%) BBC
4 1 (2.857%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.857%) New Media
4 1 (2.857%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.857%) Smart Meter
4 1 (2.857%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.857%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Windows
2 2 (5.714%) Linux
3 1 (2.857%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.857%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) Test Automation
2 7 (20.00%) Automated Testing
2 7 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 7 (20.00%) Load Testing
3 5 (14.29%) Project Management
3 5 (14.29%) Game Development
4 4 (11.43%) Performance Testing
4 4 (11.43%) Web Development
4 4 (11.43%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (11.43%) E-Commerce
5 3 (8.571%) UML
5 3 (8.571%) Scrum
6 2 (5.714%) Financial Modelling
6 2 (5.714%) Software Architecture
6 2 (5.714%) Process Architecture
6 2 (5.714%) Code Coverage
7 1 (2.857%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.857%) Validation
7 1 (2.857%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (40.00%) C#
2 10 (28.57%) SQL
3 8 (22.86%) JavaScript
3 8 (22.86%) C++
4 4 (11.43%) C
5 3 (8.571%) PHP
6 2 (5.714%) Python
7 1 (2.857%) ActionScript
7 1 (2.857%) Lua
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Degree
2 5 (14.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) SLA
1 1 (2.857%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.857%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.857%) NLBS
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.857%) Sony
2 1 (2.857%) Zend
2 1 (2.857%) Yahoo!